<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Her Third Birthday</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">MY tiny lady, can it</p><p class="line">Be true that you and I,</p><p class="line">On something called a planet,</p><p class="line">Are somewhere in the sky ?</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Yes—and at such a tearing</p><p class="line">And madcap speed we've spun,</p><p class="line">That you, with dreadful daring,</p><p class="line">Have thrice been round the sun.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Nay, it yet more amazes,</p><p class="line">That my far-venturing girl</p><p class="line">Can be as fresh as daisies</p><p class="line">After so wild a whirl!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">And now 'neath western billow</p><p class="line">The sun is put to bed,</p><p class="line">And you, too, on your pillow</p><p class="line">Must lay a golden head.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Ah, tears—they come so quickly,</p><p class="line">For grief so quickly gone!</p><p class="line">Yet joys have rained as thickly,</p><p class="line">For you to dream upon.</p></div></body></html> · Great War